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BM 025436 (P205451)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 025436

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Products (ú-ninnu, she-lú, gú) from Ur-Nanshe to Lú-sanga.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) 3(ban2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 dabin!? gur lugal
2. 6(asz) 1(barig) sze-lu2 gur
3. 2(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 gu2 gur
4. 2(asz) 3(ban2) [...] gur
reverse
1. ki ur-{d}nansze-ta
2. lu2-dingir-ra szu ba-ti
3. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
4. u3 iti szu-numun
5. mu us2-sa si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Products (ú-ninnu, she-lú, gú) from Ur-Nanshe to Lú-sanga.)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 025436
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.04.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-06-12 at 17:21:09	Lafont, Bertrand	Artifact	Lafont, Bertrand		Lafont, Bertrand	approved
2023-06-12 at 17:20:15	Lafont, Bertrand	Atf	Lafont, Bertrand		Lafont, Bertrand	approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2021-10-31 at 13:36:14	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (053815) (053815)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.25436) (BM.25436)
The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0216-490) (W_1898-0216-490)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 025436 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205451.

BM 025436 artifact entry (No. P205451). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205451 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025436 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205451 (Accessed: January 22, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025436 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205451},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205451},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205451
LB  - CDLI:P205451
M1  - 2026/1/22/
TI  - BM 025436 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205451
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 025436 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205451.

BM 025436 artifact entry (No. P205451). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205451 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025436 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205451 (Accessed: January 22, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025436 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205451},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205451},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205451
LB  - CDLI:P205451
M1  - 2026/1/22/
TI  - BM 025436 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205451
ER  -